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Utah Election 2007

KUER brings you the stories that matter most during the Election of 2007. We begin with profiles of the Mayoral candidates for Salt Lake City.

Becker & Buhler Win Primary Election

Dan Bammes

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2007-09-12) The field of candidates for Salt Lake City's municipal election was narrowed by yesterday's primary election. The early frontrunner in the mayor's race was eliminated. KUER's Dan Bammes has more.
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SLC Mayor Candidate Profiles: Keith Christensen

Jenny Brundin

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2007-09-06) While some candidates for mayor have tried to distance themselves from Salt Lake City's current mayor, Keith Christensen came into the race with Rocky Anderson's endorsement. He's a businessman and former chair of the Salt Lake City Council. KUER's Jenny Brundin has this profile.

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SLC Mayor Candidate Profiles: Dave Buhler

Dan Bammes

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2007-09-05) Dave Buhler's campaign advertising has tried to position him as a reasonable, open-minded guy. That's apparently a response to the public perception of Salt Lake City's incumbent mayor, Rocky Anderson. Buhler's banking on that strategy landing him in the mayor's office. Dan Bammes has this profile.

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SLC Mayor Candidate Profiles: Jenny Wilson

Tasha Cook

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2007-08-31) The race for mayor of Salt Lake City is officially non-partisan. But city voters haven't elected a Republican to lead Utah's capital city in more than three decades. Mayoral contender Jenny Wilson, who is the daughter of one former Democratic mayor of Salt Lake City, is hoping that, with enough support, she'll be able to continue that tradition and her family's own. KUER's Tasha Cook reports.

SLC Mayor Candidate Profiles: J.P. Hughes

Jenny Brundin

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2007-08-31) J.P. Hughes is a 64-year old physician who has traveled the world, bringing medical supplies to hospitals as far away as Argentina, and India. Closer to home, he's passionate about helping the city's poor and representing ordinary Salt Lakers in City Hall. KUER's Jenny Brundin has this profile.

SLC Mayor Candidate Profiles: John Renteria

Tasha Cook

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2007-09-04) Long-time Latino activist John Renteria continues his campaign for mayor of Salt Lake City in spite of a vote by the board of Centro Civico Mexicano to remove him as director. What has set him apart from the pack so far has been his run-in with the law and his passion for promoting west-side issues. KUER's Tasha Cook has this profile.

SLC Mayor Candidate Profiles: Ralph Becker

Dan Bammes

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2007-09-04) Ten years of service in the Utah legislature has given Ralph Becker a solid political base in the Avenues neighborhood he represents. Now he's trying to expand that to cover the rest of Salt Lake. KUER's Dan Bammes has a profile.

5/2/07: Salt Lake City Mayor's Race, Part IV

Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City's Trax. Photo by Joel Mann

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2007-05-01) Wednesday, RadioWest concludes its series of conversations with Salt Lake City Mayoral Candidates. We're live at the Hinckley Institute of Politics with middle-school teacher Robert Comstock, surgeon JP Hughes and Centro Civico Mexicano Director John Renteria.

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4/11/07: Salt Lake City Mayor's Race, Part III

Doug Fabrizio

Photo by Ivan Makarov

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2007-04-10) RadioWest returns to the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics for part III for our look at the race for Salt Lake City mayor. Wednesday, Doug is joined by two more candidates -- Utah State Representative Ralph Becker and Salt Lake City Council member Dave Buhler.

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4/4/07: Salt Lake City Mayor's Race, Part II

Doug Fabrizio

Photo by Antti

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2007-04-03) Wednesday on RadioWest we continue our series on Salt Lake City's mayoral candidates from the Hinckley Institute of Politics. We'll talk with Meghan Holbrook, former state Democratic Party Chairperson, and with Nancy Saxton who is serving her second term as Salt Lake City Council Member for District 4.

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3/14/07: Salt Lake Mayor's Race, Part I

Doug Fabrizio

The cornerstone for the Salt Lake City and County Building was laid in 1892. It is crowned with a statue of Columbia - a female personification of America.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (2007-03-13) According to the Salt Lake Tribune, this year's race for Salt Lake mayor is shaping up to be the most expensive the city has ever seen. Rocky Anderson is not seeking another term and ten candidates are vying for the office. Wednesday on RadioWest, we begin a series of conversations with the top contenders. Doug is joined by Salt Lake County Council Member Jenny Wilson and businessman Keith Christensen live at the Hinckley Institute of Politics.

Join RadioWest's live audience at the Hinckley Institute of Politics on the campus of the University of Utah. The event takes place in Orson Spencer Hall Room 253, and attendees should plan on being seated by 10:50.

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